Kitchen-table.



PATENTED- JULY 2391907. B. c. PITGHER. KIIGHEN TABLE. APPLICATION FILED OUT-37, 1904.

Thuenfir: 3 Mg? Mam rsns co, WASHINGTON,-D. 1:.

ELMER O. PITGHER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

KITCHEN-TAB LE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1907.

Application filed October 27, 1904:. Serial No. 230,233.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER O. Prrcnnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Kitchen-Tables; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention relates to improvements in kitchen tables provided with bins or other receptacles.

One object of this invention is to provide a device of this character better adapted for the ordinary PUJPOSGS of the kitchen table and at the same time so arranged as not to interfere with the more general uses of a table, especially those uses which involve sitting thereat.

Other objects of the invention reside in providing in a simple construction, efficient supports for the kneading board when fully withdrawn, and also such an arrangement of the bins as will permit of their being withdrawn wholly from beneath the table and with equal facility from either side thereof, providing convenient knee room when retracted, thus increasing the general utility of the device besides permitting its use as a dining table when required.

I Further objects and advantages will appear from the annexed detailed description.

The various objects recited are accomplished by the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figiu'e 1 shows a side view. Fig, 2 is a detail of a bin with its supporting frame, shown in perspective. Fig. 3 is a modified form provided with a drop leaf. Fig. 4 is a side elevation showing a bin drawn out on each side of the table.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is a table frame with suitable legs and top. It is provided with suitable slides 2 on the inner side of the legs and also upon both sides of a central rib 3. Supported by and resting upon the slides 2 is a frame 4 consisting of side and end members. The side members 5 are provided with rabbets 6 or other suitable slide members to engage with the slides 2 and be supported thereby. Resting upon and between the members 5 and adapted to slide back and forth thereon is a bin 7, its upper surface preferably level with the upper surface of the frame 4. Above the bin 7 and preferably in contact therewith so as to form a close fitting cover thereto is a slidable kneading board 8. The frame 4 is preferably the full width of the table and arranged to be withdrawn with equal facility from either side of the table. Adjacent to the construction just described and substantially similar thereto is another bin supporting frame, bin and board. Suitable drawers 9 are provided preferably extending the full width of the table and adapted to be withdrawn from either side of the table. A drop leaf 10 may be provided.

By the construction described, the bins 7 may be pushed backward from either side of the table, giving ample knee room. Each bin also may be brought forward wholly clear of the table by means of the slidable frame 4 in which it is supported. As shown in Fig. 4, a bin and a kneading board may be withdrawn on 0pposite sides permitting their independent use on opposite sides of the table. support for the kneading board above it permitting the board to be withdrawn to practically its full length. When the bin is beneath the table, the kneading board serves as an efficient cover and protection to the bin preventing dust and other extraneous matters from falling or getting thereinto or sifting in from the drawers above.

What I claim is:

1. A table having suitable legs and top, a frame slidably secured therein beneath the top suitably arranged to be withdrawn from either side of the table and a bin slidably resting in the frame.

2. A table having suitable legs and top, a frame slidably secured therein beneath the top suitably arranged to be withdrawn from either side of the table, a bin slidably resting in the frame and a kneading board resting upon the frame and adapted to close the top of the bin.

3. A table having a bin beneath the top, a sliding frame surrounding the bin in which the bin is slidably secured, said frame being of greater length than the bin whereby the bin may be withdrawn wholly from beneath the table and retracted sufliciently to permit convenient knee room beneath the table.

ELMER C. PITCHER.

Witnesses W. H. SMYTH, Jnssn R. EOFF.

The frame 4 also acts as a strong 

